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Membership Certificate - Texas State Board of Dental Examiners
This is an official certificate from the State of Texas. It grants George S. Staples membership into the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners.
Date:
September 23, 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas State Board of Dental Examiners Certificate
This is a certificate issued by the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners. It is a permanent certificate for G. Staples to practice dentistry.
Date:
October 30, 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bowser and Blewett Family Trip to Oklahoma
Copy photograph of a group of people identified as the Bowser family and Blewett family. They are posing in a camp with two covered wagons and a tent. Children are standing outside of the tent. The families camped while going to Oklahoma in 1897. Maimie Bowser kept a diary of the trip.
Date:
August 1897
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press.
Patent for "baling-presses of that class wherein motion is communicated to the plunger from a sweep operated by horse or similar power, and the object in view is to improve the construction of the baling-chamber and attachments, and, furthermore, to provide a simple and efficient construction of plunger-operating mechanism" (lines 8-15)
Date:
January 5, 1897
Creator:
Pearce, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm.
Patent for an "apparatus for protecting or guarding electric circuits; and it has for its object to protect or guard electric circuits, such as burglar-alarm circuits, from interference by unauthorized or mischievous agencies." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1897
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M. & Steele, Walter L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Braiding Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
Patent for an "attachment to the pressure-foot of sewing machines to carry a tinsel or braid in proper position relative to the needle" (lines 15-17) to ensure the tinsel or braid is fully attached to the desired outline on the cloth. Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 7, 1897
Creator:
Tynes, Minor Eugene.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene Gas Generator
Patent for improving acetylene gas generator designs with the use of an added specification in the form of a new apparatus. Illustrations and instructions are included.
Date:
September 7, 1897
Creator:
Taylor, George
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie Machine.
Patent to for a machine to make and count bale-ties, "...to manufacture at small cost machines which will be compact, not taking up much space, and which will e simple in construction and durable" (lines 10-13). It includes an extensive explanation and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1896
Creator:
Harry, Owen K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Separating Decorticated Cotton-Seed.
Patent for a machine dedicated to "increase the capacity of machines for separating decorticated cotton-seed" (lines 9-10) and to "separate the meal from the husks of the decorticated cotton-seed, whereby perfectly clean meal is collected" (lines 12-15)
Date:
May 11, 1897
Creator:
Bell, Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine.
Patent for a washing machine with a "revolving drum or clothes-carrier, of a steam-chest" (lines 79-80) surrounding the drum, a removable cover with "perforated steam-pipes" (line 83), which go around the drum.
Date:
April 6, 1897
Creator:
Stallings, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Engine.
Patent for "a high-speed rotary engine wherein the steam-impelled wheel shall revolve in a horizontal plane within an upright open cylinder." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 19, 1897
Creator:
Slaughter, Joel C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.
Patent for a machine that removes cotton from a "wagon or other vehicle" (line 11), and moving it to a storage facility. It also moves the cotton from the storage facility and into the cotton gin. The cotton is elevated during movement via suction.
Date:
May 11, 1897
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Primary Battery.
Patent for a simplified primary battery "whereby the parts thereof may be readily removed and replaced without special tools by unprofessional persons, while at the same time providing a construction of primary battery involving new and useful connections for the positive and negative elements thereof." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 25, 1897
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M. & Steele, Walter L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Protecting Alarm-Circuit.
Patent for a circuit to be connected to a security alarm so that when the circuit is broken, the alarm will sound. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Barriclow, Irvin E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for "nut-locks especially adapted for use in securing nuts upon bolts at the joints of railway-rails." (Lines 10-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
April 13, 1897
Creator:
Dodson, Roy
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trolley Wheel For Electric Cars
Patent for improvement to trolley wheel design for electric cars, specifically the addition of friction-disks to prevent the wheel from running off the wire while moving. Instructions and illustrations are included.
Date:
September 7, 1897
Creator:
Crawford, James A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Separator.
Patent for improved grain separators or threshing machines "whereby vibrating straw-racks will be entirely dispensed with and the machine so simplified as to obviate the heavy jars and jerks of most grain-separators or threshing machines, while at the same time providing a construction of machine that will effectually separate the grain from the straw and will also keep the feeding end of the machine entirely free from dust, which is often a serious drawback to the operation of most machines of this character." (Lines 11-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
McCue, John Marshall
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whip-Holder.
Patent for a whip holder that locks the end of the whip into the holder, and lap-robes and other similar articles can also be held in the invention so they cannot be stolen.
Date:
February 9, 1897
Creator:
Reeves, Fountain O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fan Attachment.
Patent for an automatic fan that attaches to a rocking chair or cradle and rotates as the chair or cradle rocks. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 12, 1897
Creator:
Bailey, Israel S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Generating Machine.
Patent for "...an improved method of and means for generating hydrocarbon vapors for heating and lighting purposes; and it consists in the novel manner in which the process is carried out and in the novel construction and combination of parts comprising the generating apparatus..." (lines 18-24) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 9, 1897
Creator:
Mitchell, Francis L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marking Tag
Patent for marking tags (price tags) for garments and/or fabrics for sale. The design is meant to reduce missing, torn, or frayed marking tags. Illustrations and instructions included.
Date:
September 14, 1897
Creator:
Winkler, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for the operating gear in planters. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric-Arc-Light Reflector.
Patent for an electric arc light reflector, including an annular band to support the reflector on the arc-light cone, and a reflector with an aperture.
Date:
July 27, 1897
Creator:
Bolles, Charles Morris
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet for Blanks.
Patent for"cabinets, cases, or boxes designed for use in hotels, post-offices, and other places where stationery is required by guests or other portions of the public." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 22, 1897
Creator:
Kinsel, Abram Myers; Hunter, George Alexander & Nolley, Seth Ballard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History